We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life. – William Godwin
Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius… he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much. – William Godwin
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. – William Godwin
There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination. – William Godwin
Destroy the roots of the healthiest plants, their heads will droop and die. Many excellent qualities of the mind have their roots, in fact, in the body: their summits, which adorn the spiritual being, the mind, will wither, if we neglect the soil of these valuable plants… – C.G. Salzmann, Gymnastics for Youth: or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amus